Lamp-shade holder



0. c. STEVENS.

-LAMP SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. r3, I921.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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gwuehtoz C. C. STEVENS.

LAMP SHADE HOL'DER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1-3, 1921.

Paten'ted Jan. 17, 1922.

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4 gwuwtov V Sf-evzns UNITED STATES CHARLES C. STEVENS, 0]? LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LAMP-SHADE nonnnn.

Specification of I etters Patent. Patented Jan, 17, 1922.

Application filed January 13, 1921. Serial No. 436,999.

T 0 all to from it may concern:

I Be it known that I, CHARLES C. STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamp- Shade Holders; and 'I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has for its primary objectthe provision of a holder for use in connection with electric lamps of the variety embodying a socket and a detachable bul whereby shades, reflectors and analogous parts may be readily placed in positionor removed without necessitating the manipulation of screws, and which is light, cheap and self-conforming both to the socket andshade to prevent injury to the latter by a too tight gripping action which generally results in fracture when the parts expand.

The invention also provides a: lamp shade holder which is adapted to be constructed of wire bent into the form substantially as herein indicated, thereby obviating the use of rivets or like fastening means for securing separate parts as required in the manufacture of holders comprising a number of separate elements.

Other objects and advantages will be apparentand suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Figure l is a side view of the invention applied,

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the holder disassociated from the socket and shade,

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 of a modification,

Figure l is an elevation of the modification shown in Figure 3 as applied to a lamp socket, the holder being in open position,

Figure 5 is a further .nodification illustrating a holder adapted for long necked sockets, for fastening on posts or brackets, or for making table lamps. and

Figure 6 is a further modification showing a holder for use in connection with inverted lig its.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

, detachably connected with the socket.

As herein before stated, the holder is particularly adapted for use in connection with electric lamp socket-s, however, it may be employed in connection with lighting fixtures generally.

The holder is preferably constructed of spring wire of suitable gage which is bent into the required form. In its various adaptations and applications, the holder embodies a socket engaging ring 11 of sectional formation and shade-gripping fingers 10 of looped formation. It is preferred to construct the holder of two complemental parts or sections which are, hingedly connected as illustrated at 12. This provides for the ready placing of the holder in position or the removal thereof from the socket or other part. This also enables the shade, reflectoror like part to be easily and conveniently placed in position or removed as required.

' The lamp socket or like part is designated by the numeral 20, and the numeral 21 indicates the shade, reflector or like part to be The sections comprising the socket engaging ring are connected by means of the loopshaped fingers 10, as clearly indicated. The gripping parts of the holder are expansible and readily conform to inequalities in the parts and compensate for contraction and expansion without producing dangerous pressure which would cause fracture and at the same time insuring a firm gripping of the parts to prevent displacement. The holder comprises complemental parts or sections which are hingedly connected as indicated at 12, whereby provision is bad for conveniently and easily placing the device in position or attaching or removing the shade or like part. The hinge joint- 12 is preferably formed by inter-engaging eyes formed by bending parts of the wire comprising the sections or parts. The clip or fastening 1d may be of any construction and is pivotallv connected with an end portion of one part or section and adapted to make detachable connection with the end portion of the complemental part or section. The simplest form of the invention is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2.

In the modifications shown in Figures l and 5, a retainer 13 is provided to prevent displacement of the holder from the socket when the relatively movable section is thrown into open position, as indicated in Figure 4:. The retainer 13 constitutes an extension of an end portion of the wire forming one of the parts or sections, said extension being bentinto helical form to grip the socket or like part 20, as indicated most clearly in Figure 4. The part 13 coacts with that part of the socket engaging ring, formed with the retainer 13 to grip the socket so as to prevent displacement of the holder when the. movable part thereof is swung into open position. The retainer 13 grips more than one-half of the socket, thereby preventing displacement of the holder, as will be readily understood.

In the modification shown in Figure 5, a second clamping ring 17 is provided and coacts withthe primary clamping ring 11. This enables the holder to be used in connection with long necked sockets, or with posts or brackets, or for making a table lamp. The clamping ring 17 is devoid of shade gripping fingers but is otherwise formed of two parts which are hingedly connected as indicated at 12. The clamping ring 17 is formed with a retainer 13 in a manner substantially as herein specified. Suitable clips or fastenings let are employed in connection with the extensions 16 to hold metal parts or sections of the holder when closed. I

The modification shown in Figure 6 is specially adapted for use in connection with inverted lights, thereby making'the shade holder independent of the lamp. Clips 15 are attached to the ring 11 and chains or other suspending means 18 attached to theclips 15.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides a holder of the character and for the purpose stated which is free from screws or like parts and which is light and simple in construction, effective in operation, selfconformable to the parts with which it is used and adapted to be easily and quickly placedin position or removed as required.

That is claimed is:

1. A holder of the character specified comprising complemental parts hingedly connected, and a retainer forming part of one of thesections andconstituting an extension thereof bent into helical form tosecure the holder against displacement when in open position,and means for securing the parts of the holder when closed.

2. A holder of the character specified comprising spaced clamping rings, one of the clamping rings being provided with gripping fingers, each of the clamping rings comprising complemental parts which are hingedly connected, means connecting the clamping rings, and fastening means for securing the parts'when closed.

3. A holder of the character specified comprising corresponding clamping rings, each formed'of complemental parts which are hingedlyconnected, one of the clamping rings embodying gripping fingers, and a retainer forming part of the other .clamping ring, connecting means between the'two clamping rings, and fastening means for holding the parts in closed position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES C. STEVENS. Witnesses:

BURENH. SPALDING, ROBERT C. HEPLER. 

